Why it matters that Johnny doesn’t know history


Why are there so many statues of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the US if the South lost the Civil War? — Getty Images/TNS

MOST Americans don’t know which countries the United States fought against in World War II or when the US Constitution was ratified. Good luck having them point to Ukraine on a map, much less Belarus.

Watch them stare blankly if you ask who represents them in the state legislature or what rights are protected by the 1st Amendment.

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